One of the country’s biggest unions has said a decision by the minority federal Labor government to redirect $45 million from an axed solar hot water rebate scheme back into the industry will save jobs....
About 116,000 homes remain without power after a storm hit south-west WA.
A violent storm has left a trail of destruction and more than 160,000 homes and businesses without power, as it continues to lash Western Australia's south west coast. By late Sunday afternoon, Western Power had...
One of Australia's largest solar projects is to be built in NSW after the federal government awarded AGL Energy and photovoltaic manufacturer First Solar a $130 million grant. The $450 million project will generate enough...
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are currently in the advanced stages of a project which promises to produce hydrogen from water by mimicking the way photosynthesis works in plants. The system is inexpensive...
Italian company Acta S.p.A. has taken yet another step towards saving the environment. Earlier this week, the company signed an exclusive supply agreement for the supply of photovoltaic installations and integrated hydrogen generators for the...
Adelaide's mortgage belt is leading the way when it comes to using the government's solar tariff scheme. Despite the generous 44c a kilowatt hour for electricity fed back into the grid - a figure that...
Can Do Campbell Newman Can Cut Jobs and axe government contracts. A union says up to 40,000 temporary contract workers in the Queensland public service sector may lose their jobs under sweeping changes which were ordered...
Last year the solar company HyperSolar, Inc. filed a patent application for a solar powered system that creates renewable methane gas from water, which it has been testing out at California’s Salton Sea. Recently the company announced that it has...
Hervey Bay will soon be on Australia’s solar map as two of the community solar farms begin construction. A total of $4 million of solar power investments will take footing at Hervey Bay hospital and...
Cut-price solar systems are leaving householders short-changed on promised power savings, claims independent watchdog Consumers South Australia. Residents are reporting faulty systems, requiring replacement or upgrading which is costing them hundreds of dollars in lost solar power...
Victorian councils are demanding greater clarity about how to price landfill waste under the carbon tax. Five weeks from the scheme's introduction, councils say they are waiting for guidance from the Federal Government about setting...
Leading Australian research in solar energy has produced new photovoltaic solar cells that recently broke the 20% barrier for efficiency in capturing the sun’s energy, the highest ever efficiency for a low-cost commercial silicon solar...
The Baillieu government will support a revised push to build a massive solar power project in Victoria's Mallee region, but has refused to say how much money it is committing. Power giant TRUenergy is looking...
Incentives for Victorian households to install rooftop solar panels would be slashed under a shake-up proposed by the state government's productivity adviser. In a draft review released last week, the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission...
Melbourne's outer west has the most solar energy in the state, a new report has revealed, with solar panels in Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Hoppers Crossing, Truganina, Mount Cottrell, Eynesbury and surrounding suburbs accounting for...
